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In the third episode of the EMSEduCast Journal Club the panel discusses three articles:

Resuscitation on television: Realistic or ridiculous? A quantitative observational analysis of the portrayal of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in television medical drama
Presented by Rob Theriault

The Canadian Prehospital Evidence-based Protocols Project: Knowledge Translation in Emergency Medical Services Care
Presented by Joe Clark

Effectiveness of paramedic practitioners in attending 999 calls from elderly people in the community: cluster randomised controlled trial
Presented by Bill Toon

Panel:

• Joseph F. Clark – connect at JosephFClark.com
• Jan Jensen – connect at Canadian Prehospital Evidence Based Protocols and jljensen@dal.ca
• Greg Friese – connect at EverydayEMSTips.com
• Tim Noonan – connect at Rogue Medic Blog and Paramedicine 101
• Rob Theriault – connect at Paramedic Tutor
• Bill Toon – connect on Twitter, @wftoon

Go back to the archives and listen to Journal Club Episode 1 and Journal Club Episode 2

Other links mentioned:

• Bay Area Paramedic Journal Club
• Joe Clark’s April 14 EMSBootCamp.com session – A Google Search is Not Research
• King County Resuscitation Academy

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In the second Journal Club the crew discusses a set of articles related to sudden cardiac arrest resuscitation, implementation of the 2005 Emergency Cardiac Care Guidelines, and the concept of a Resuscitation specialty centers. The articles discussed:

Randomized controlled trial of IV vs no IV
Presented by Greg Friese

Observational study of cardiac arrest survival rates in various locales based on the ROC data
Presented by Tim Noonan

Commentary discussing the use of “resuscitation centres” similar to “trauma centres”
Presented by Blair Bigham

A look at the 2005 guideline implementation and uptake and adherence to these guidelines
Presented by Rob Theriault

Featuring:
Blair Bigham
Buck Feris
Greg Friese
Tim Noonan
Rob Theriault
Bill Toon

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This week we discuss the following articles in our first ever Journal Club:

Is Mechanism of Injury Alone in the Prehospital Setting a Predictor of Major Trauma – A Review of the Literature’
Author: Malcolm J Boyle
and
‘Is Mechanism of Injury Alone A Useful Predictor of Major Trauma?’
Authors: Boyle, Smith, Archer
Presented by Greg Friese

‘Mechanism of Injury Predicts Patient Mortality and Impairment After Blunt Trauma’
Authors: Haider, Chang, Haut, Cornwell, Efron
Presented by Rob Theriault

Prehospital Prediction of the Severity of Blunt Anatomic Injury
Authors: Mulholland, Cameron, Gabbe, Williamson, Young, Smith, and Bernard
Presented by Rob Theriault

Featuring:
Chris Montera
Greg Friese
Rob Theriault
Blair Bigham